I first met Monica Franco while training at Icon Sport and Fitness in Hawaii Kai on the island of Oahu. Monica trained at the gym regularly and we worked out together and many occasions. In this episode she talks about early training, fight career, battling addictions and more!

In this episode Miguel Iturrate and I discuss other things James Krause could be investigated for outside of fight fixing. Miguel has over 15 years of experience working in the sportsbook industry in Costa Rica, where he still lives today. Miguel covers the finer details of gambling in regards to James Krause's discord and some of the things that might have been there. 

Carlos "El Rey" Puente Jr. currently fights in Combate promotion and has a record of 8-7 and a current two fight winning streak. I first found out about Carlos through his Cousin Gitzel Puente who was a popular news anchor near my home town. In this episode we talked about Carlos' beginnings in Martial Arts, his background in training, his thoughts on fighting for Combate and more.

I first saw Marcelo Tigre compete in a massive fight at the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii. To this day the fight is the biggest fight in magnitude to ever take place on Oahu and the most historically remembered. The date was June 1st, 1999. Superbrawl Promoter T Jay Thompson had done a great job in capitalizing on the growing feud between Grappling Unlimited and Relson Gracie. This would all come to a head at Superbrawl 12. The Blaisdell Arena was sold out for the only time in history to date for an MMA event. The fight was a back and forth war that ended in a disqualification win for Egan Inoue. In this episode we talk about this fight, Marcelo's background and what he is doing now in Brazil.

Rudyard Moncayo is a Veteran of UFC 6 and John Perretti's Battlecade presents Extreme Fighting events. In this episode we talk about his fight with Pat Smith in UFC 6, his memories of fighting for John Perretti, being a stuntman in Hollywood and his interest in the new Triller Boxing Events featuring Jake Paul.

In this episode we break down the latest developments in the James Krause/UFC gambling controversy. Since our last episode James Krause and Glory MMA were banned from UFC events, the Ontario Gaming Commission has banned betting on UFC events, and NJ has banned any betting on fights which Krause would have been involved in prior to UFC taking action. The crew breaks down what this all means for James Krause and the UFC.

Remco Pardoel is a retired Dutch Mixed Martial Artist who competed in the Heavyweight Division. He has fought in promotions such as the UFC, Pancrase, Shooto, Rings and World Vale Tudo Championships. Remco won a Gold Medal at the 1988 Junior National Judo Championships and a number of titles in jiu-jitsu throughout Europe. In 1994 he was invited to compete in the 2nd Ultimate Fighting Championship where he won two fights before losing to Royce Gracie in the semi-finals. In this episode we talk about his origins in Martial Arts, the experience of fighting in the early UFC events and his thoughts on the last night's UFC 261 card.